And what a brainsick fool Ralph Roister Doister is,
Yourself knows well enough.
T. Trusty. Ye say full true, i-wis.
C. Custance. Because to be his wife I ne grant nor apply,
Hither will he come, he sweareth, by and by,
To kill both me and mine, and beat down my house flat;
Therefore I pray your aid.
T. Trusty. I warrant you that.
C. Custance. Have I so many years lived a sober life,
And showed myself honest: maid, widow, and wife,